xi, 269 pages ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-260) and index

pt. 1. Crown and nobility in Russia before 1762. Services and privileges -- Serfdom and the economy -- Government and society -- Education and culture -- pt. 2. Peter III, Catherine II and the nobility. Peter III's emancipation manifesto -- Catherine II and her policy -- The elections to the legislative commission -- The opening and agenda -- pt. 3. Serfdom and the economy. The economic content of the instruction -- Contemporary ideas on the economy -- Catherine's early economic policy -- The legislative commission and the economy -- pt. 4. Social and political attitudes. Qualifications for nobility -- Noble rights and privileges -- Local government and class organization -- Central government and the role of the nobility -- pt. 5. Education and culture. Official views of education -- Education and the legislative commission -- The church -- Russian culture -- pt. 6. Catherine the great and the Russian nobility. The significance of the legislative commission -- The decrees of 1775 and 1785 -- Serfdom and the economy -- Government and society -- Education and culture

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